A 58-year-old ragpicker w🦹as injured after a blast took place on Saturday around 1:45 pm at thౠe intersection of Blochmann Street and SN Banerjee Road in central Kolkata.
A police officer told PTI that the explosion may🦄 have happened from a plastic bag which was near 🍬the ragpicker.
Reportedly the area was secured with🐼 tape, and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) was💟 called in to investigate the incident.
The officer said, "The injured person𒅌 was identified as 58-year-old Bapi Das, who lives on a footpaꦗth beside S N Banerjee Road. He is a ragpicker."
The injured person suffered injuries in his right wrist and is being treated at the Nil Rata🌞n Sircar Medical College and Hospiꦦtal.
"The area was cordoned off and a bomb disposal squad reached the place. ⭕They check𓆉ed the bag and the vicinity," he added.
According to India Today, Bengal BJP leader and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar urged the National Investigating ღAgency (NIA) to probe into this explosion.
"The explosion is of great concern. It should be investigated thoroughly. In particular, I feel that an investigation by NIA is required. I don't think the police have that kind of professionalism to investig🍒ate this incident," he was quoted saying.
Further accusing CM Mamata Banerjee of leading the deterioration🍒 of law and or✅der condition in the state, he said, "The incident also depicts the failure of Mamata Banerjee as a Home Minister. If this is the condition of law and order in the state, the Home Minister should resign."
This explosion tak🥃es place amid several protests being held across Kolkata over the rape and murder of the 31-year-old woman doct🔯or at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
Several junior doctors in the city have called for ceasework and are holding protests, currently near the🦩 Swasthya Bhavan or Health Department of the state. CM Banerjee visited the protest site on Saturday afternoon and interacted with the agitators, assuring justice to the victim and listening to their demands.
